Hospital gown



July '24, 1923- E. M ELROY HOSPITAL GOWN Filed Aug. 9, 1920 2Sheets-Sheet 1 msis July 24, 1923- E. M ELROY HOSPITAL GOWN Filed Aug.9, 1920 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Guiana/t Patented July 24, 1923.

ELIZABETH MOELROY, OF JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA.

HOSPITAL G-OWN.

. Application filed August '9, 1920. Serial No. 402,291.

To all whom itma z concern.

Be it known that ELIZABETH MoE RoY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Jacksonville, in the county ofDuval and State of Florida,has invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hospital Gowns, ofwhich the following is a specification, reference being, had therein tothe accompanying drawing.

The invention relates to hospital gowns and has for its object toprovide a gown which may be opened at various places particularly incases of operation so that any portion of the body may be reachedwithout exposing the entire body. The gowns now in use in hospitals areof aconventional con struction and therefore when an operation isperformed a considerable portion of the body is exposed, therefore theprimary obj ect of the invention is to obviate this disadvantage and atthe same time so construct the gown so that a very small portion of anypart of the body will be exposed during an operation.

A further object is to provide a gown from two elongated substantiallyrectangular sections, the upper ends of which are provided withbifurcations forming arm holes and slits from the bottoms of thebifurcations to substantially the waist line and to provide the marginaledges of the sections with snap hooks so that the sections and theirbifurcations and slits may be opened at any particular point so as togain access to the body for operating purposes. Also to providerectangular shaped members provided with snaps, which rectangularmembers may be formed into sleeves and secured to the bifurcations ofthe gown sections.

A further object is to provide a gown of the character described whichmay be converted into pajamas or used as a gown.

With the above and other objects in view the invention resides in thecombination and arrangement of parts. as hereinafter set forth, shown inthe drawings described and claimed, it being understood that changes inthe precise embodiment of the invention may be made within the scope ofwhat is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a plan view of the gown showine the sleevesdetached and laid out.

Figure 2 is a view showing the garment in the form of a gown and thesleeves in position to be placed on the same.

Figure 3 is a view showing the gown in the form of pajamas.

Figure 4 is a horizontal sectional view taken on line 44 of Figure 8.

Figure 5 is a horizontal sectional view,

taken on line 55 of Figure 3.

Figure 6 is a sectional view taken on line 6-6 of Figure 3.

Referring to the drawings the numerals l and 2 designate elongatedsubstantially rectangular shaped fabric sections. the outer edges 3 andthe inner edges 4 of which are provided with snaps 5 adapted to besnapped together so as to hold the edges 3 together at the front and theedges a together at the back when the garment is in the form of a gown.However, when the garment is in the form of pajamas as shown in Figure3, the lower ends of the series of snaps 8 and a of each section 1 and 2are snapped together so as to form the legs of the pajamas. The upperends of the elongated sections 1 and 2 are bifurcated as at 6 so as toform arm holes to which arm holes the sleeves 7 may be secured by meansof the snap members 8 and 9. Sleeves 7 are formed in one piece and aresecured together by means of the snaps 10 before they are placed in thearm holes. Each rectangular shaped member 1 and 2 is provided with adownwardly extending slit 11 extending downwardly from the bifurcation 6to substantially the waist line, said slits being normally closed bymeans of snaps 12.. The slits 11 being provided so that access may behad to the side of the patient and also so that one side of the breastor one side of the back may be exposed when the snaps 13 are unfastened.

It will be seen that the entire back may be exposed or the entirebreast, and if so desired only one side of the breast or the back may beexposed for operating purposes. If the operation is upon one leg thatleg only may be exposed. It will also be seen that by separating thegarment that it may be easily laundered.

From the above it will be seen that a gown is provided which obviatesthe use of conventional form of gown now in use for operating purposes,wherein a considerable portion of the body is exposed during anoperation and it will also be seen that a gown is provided which issimply constructed and one wherein any portion of the body may beexposed for operating purposes, without exposing unnecessary amount ofthe body. The gown being adapted for use where operations are performedon men, women and children.

The invention having been set forth what is claimed as new and useful isAn operating gown, said gown comprising two elongated similarly shapedsections adapted to extend around the opposite sides of a patient, theouter and inner vertical sides of the sections being provided withfastening means positioned whereby when the sections are extended aroundthe opposite sides of a person the fastening means of the sections willbe centrally disposed in relation to the center of the back and thefront of the person, thereby allowing the sections to be connectedtogether in the above mentioned positions and allowing the formation ofpajamas by closing the leg portions of the sections, belt sectionscarried by the elongated sections, the upper ends of the elongatedsections being bifurcated to a point adjacent the belt and substantiallyequidistant from the sides of the sections, said sections beingproportioned whereby the bifurcations will register with the sides ofthe person and the arms when the sections are positioned on the oppositesides of the person. a

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature.

ELIZ ABETH MOELROY.

